Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-05-28
heart of the great town, submerg-
ing care, and anxiety, and worri-.
ment and pain.


friends. be not be deceived. There
will be thousands tonight who WI
not sleep at all. Go up that dark
alley, and be cautious where 70 l
tread, lest Won fall over the pros.
trate form of drunkard lying on
his own doorstep. Look about yon,
lest you fell the garfoter's hlg;
look through the broken win lo@
pane and see w1at you can see.-
You say: "Nothing." Then liste L.
What is it? God help usv N,
footlights, uttrage ly ghastlier and
mightier than Ristori or Edwin
Booth ever enacted. No light, no
fire, no bread, no hope. Shiverin,
|.in-the cold, they lave nosfood for
I.tweaty:foIr hours. You say:sstsW ~
b EsdoEl'tst the bee; s''s e Il ;sbat
EfheY get nothing z on say: siy
don't they deliver themselves ov..:
10 the almshousea" All! you wouIl
not ask that II yol ever heard the
bitter cry of man or d child when
toll he must gu to the amshouse.
.:O!" you say, sthey- are vicl)l,
poor, and, theref)re, they do not
de serve our symp lthy." Are tn "
vcIous' S, mach III IRE need tn "
yDar pity. The Christian poor, God
helps them. Through their night
there wrinkles the round, merry star
Of hope, through the broken win
dow-p.lne they see the crystals of
heaven; but the vicions plor, they
are more to be pitled. Their last
light has gone out. You excus,
Yourself from helping them by sa...
ing they are so bal, they brought
this trouble on them selves. reply,
where give ten prayers for the
innocent who are suff;rin. [ will
give twenty prayers for the guilty
who are suffering.
The fisherman, when he sees a
vessel dashing into the breakers,
comes out from his hut anil WHIPS
The warmest fl lunel, around those
who are most chilled anil m)it
bruised and most battered in the
wreck; and | want you to know
that these viciols p)or have hui
two shlpwteclls-;hipwrack for
time, shipvreck for eternity. Pity,
by all means, the innocent who ara
suffering, bat pity M re the guilty.
Pass On throughout the alley
Open the dor. "Ol," sly, sit
is locked. IL his never been b:s.
ed. No burglar would be tenn pte:l
to go in there to steal anything
The door is never locke |. Only a
chair stands ag tin,t tae doo:.-
Shove it back. G) ill.,. Strike a
IN itch. NV LOOK. ,tlinei,
and rags. See those G caring eye
balls. Be careful NV what you
say. Do not utter an insalt, do not
1ts., nnN suspicion, if you value
5a 10y as-is o!l.t%re smlrk
OIL s6e walI9 1t Is tue mlrks tits
the m lrk of a murlerer'S fllad.
LOOK at those two eyes rising up
out Of the darkness and out from
the straw in the corner, coming
toward you, AMI as they come near
you your light goes out. Strike
another m Itch. All! this is blba,
not like those beautiful children
presented in baptism. Tuis little
one never smiled; it never will
smile. A flower Hug on an awfully
barren beach. Ga! He evenly Shep-
herd, fold that little one in Tly
arms. Wrap around your shawl or
your coat tighter, for the cold win1
sweeps through.
Strike another match. All! is it
possible that chat young woman's
SCARED and bruised face ever Was
looked into by maternal tendernessf
Utter no scorn. Utter no harsh
word. No ray Of hope has dawned
on that brow for many year. NJ
ray of hope ever will dawn on that
Urow. But the lignt has gone out.
Do not strike another light. It
would be lnockery to kindle another
light in such place as that. Pass
out and pass down the street. Oar
cities of Brooklyn and New York
and all our great cities are full of
such homes, aud the worst timo
the third watch Of the night.
Do you know it is in this third
watch Of the night that criminals
do their worst work7 1t is the
watch.
At half.past O'Clock you will
find them in the drinking saloon,
but toward II o'clock they go to
their garrets, they get out their
tools, then they Start OH rhe street.
Oh either side for the ).
lice, they go to their work of dark
ness. This is.a burglar, and the
false key will soon touch the store
lock. This is an incendiary, aud
before morning there will DO s
light on the sky and a Cry OF Fire!
Flre!" This is an assassin, aud Co.
morning there will be u
dead body in one of che vacantlots.
During the daytime these Williams
i'll our cities lounge about, some
asleep and some awake, but when
the third watch of the night ar.
rives, their eye keen,- their brain
cool, their arm strong, their foot
fleet to fly or pursue, they are
ready.
Many of these poor creatures
we're brought up in that way. They
we're born in a thieves garrett
Their childish toy was q burglars
iark-lautern. The first thing they